Editing MAT-49 (section)

==Users==
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[[File:Togolese naval honour guard 070521.jpg|thumb|[[Togolese Armed Forces#Navy|Togolese sailors]] equipped with MAT-49 in 2007.]]
[[File:MAT-49 Users.png|thumb|Map with MAT-49 users in blue]]
*{{flag|Algeria}}<ref name="jones2009">{{cite book |editor-last=Jones |editor-first=Richard D. |date=January 27, 2009 |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 |edition=35th |publisher=Jane's Information Group |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5}}</ref>
* {{flag|Barbados}} <ref name="SmallArmsToday88austria">{{cite book| last = Ezell| first = Edward| author-link = Edward C. Ezell| title = Small Arms Today| publisher = Stackpole Books| volume = 2nd| edition = | date = 1988
| pages = 54| language = English | isbn = 0811722805| jfm =}}</ref> 
*{{flag|Benin}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Bolivia}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Burkina Faso}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Burundi}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Central African Republic}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Chad}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Comoros}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Cote d'Ivoire}}<ref name="jones2009"/><ref name = 'SAS RCI 2012'>{{cite report |language=fr |title=Enquête nationale sur les armes légères et de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire: les défis du contrôle des armes et de la lutte contre la violence armée avant la crise post-électorale |trans-title=National survey on small arms and light weapons in Côte d'Ivoire: the challenges of arms control and the fight against armed violence before the post-election crisis |first=Savannah |last=de Tessières |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]], Commission Nationale de Lutte contre la Prolifération et la Circulation Illicite des Armes Légères et de Petit Calibre and [[Small Arms Survey]] |date=April 2012 |series=Special Report No. 14 |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR14-CoteIvoire.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118234610/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR14-CoteIvoire.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2012 |page=97}}</ref>
*{{flag|Djibouti}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|France}}: Adopted by the [[French army]] in 1949.<ref name="modernfirearms"/> Also used by the [[National Gendarmerie]].<ref name="modernfirearms"/>
*{{flag|Gabon}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Guinea}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Guinea Bissau}}
*{{flag|Iran|1964}}: Used in small numbers by the [[Shahrbani]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://silahreport.com/2021/06/21/iranian-submachine-guns-1941-1979/ |title=Podcast V33: Iranian Submachine Guns (1941-1979) |date=June 21, 2021 |website=Silah Report |access-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726045738/https://silahreport.com/2021/06/21/iranian-submachine-guns-1941-1979/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flag|Kingdom of Laos}}: Received from French government during [[First Indochina War]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The War in Laos 1960–75 |url=https://archive.org/details/warlaos00conb |url-access=limited |series=Men-at-Arms |volume=217 |first=Kenneth |last=Conboy |date=23 November 1989 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=978-0-85045-938-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/warlaos00conb/page/n13 15]}}</ref>
*{{flag|Laos}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Lebanon}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Madagascar}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Mali}}<ref name="jones2009"/> - [[Military of Mali|Armed and Security Forces of Mali]]
*{{flag|Mauritania}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Morocco}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Niger}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Senegal}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Seychelles}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Syria}}: used by police and special forces
*{{flag|Turkey}}:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/turkey_turkish_army_land_ground_forces_uk/turkey_turkish_army_land_ground_armed_defense_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intelligence.html |title=Turkish Army Land Forces: Military equipment and vehicles of Turkey |date=15 April 2010 |website=World Army Equipment |access-date=2021-05-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808171857/https://www.armyrecognition.com/turkey_turkish_army_land_ground_forces_uk/turkey_turkish_army_land_ground_armed_defense_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intelligence.html |archive-date=2018-08-08}}</ref> Captured MAT-49s donated to [[Village guards]].
*{{flag|Togo}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Tunisia}}<ref name="jones2009"/>
*{{flag|Vietnam}}: used 9mm and 7.62mm MAT-49s.<ref name="Vietnam"/>

===Non-state entities===
* [[File:Flag of Libya.svg|22px]] [[National Liberation Army (Libya)]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/04/libyas-rebels-fight-with-ancient-useless-weapons/ |magazine=Wired |first=Spencer |last=Ackerman |title=Libya's Rebels Fight with Ancient, Useless Weapons |date=April 21, 2011 |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-date=December 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222174449/http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/04/libyas-rebels-fight-with-ancient-useless-weapons/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[File:Flag of ZANU-PF.svg|22px]] [[Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army]]<ref>{{Cite thesis |url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/ArtOfWar_RhodesianAfricanRifles.pdf |title=The Rhodesian African Rifles ~ The Growth and Adaptation of a Multicultural Regiment through the Rhodesian Bush War, 1965-1980 |first=Michael P. |last=Stewart |date=2012 |pages=41–42 |type=MA |publisher=Command and General Staff College |location=Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |access-date=2013-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821222415/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/ArtOfWar_RhodesianAfricanRifles.pdf |quote=The Armageddon group, like the other ZANU terrorists sent into Rhodesia, was armed with a mixture of semi-automatic Soviet SKS 7.62mm rifles, French MAT-49 9mm submachine guns, German Luger 9mm pistols, Soviet F1 and RGD5 grenades...}} Quoting {{cite book |last=Wood |first=J. R. T. |date=2009 |title=Counterstrike From the Sky: The Rhodesian All-Arms Fireforce in the War in the Bush 1974-1980 |location=South Africa |publisher=30 Degrees South Publishers |isbn=978-1-92014-333-6}}</ref>
* [[File:Flag_of_North_Vietnam_(1945-1955).svg|22px]] [[Viet Minh]],<ref name="mcnab2002">{{cite book |last=McNab |first=Chris |title=20th Century Military Uniforms |year=2002 |edition=2nd |publisher=Grange Books |location=Kent |isbn=1-84013-476-3 |page=304}}</ref> known as Tuyn, from the name of the manufacturer (Tulle).<ref>{{cite web |title=Những vũ khí viện trợ đã ra trận cùng QĐVN trong trận Điện Biên Phủ |trans-title=Weapons of the Vietnamese Army in the battle of Dien Bien Phu |language=vi |date=11 November 2014 |url=https://tintuc.vn/nhung-vu-khi-vien-tro-da-ra-tran-cung-qdvn-trong-tran-dien-bien-phu-7732 |website=tintuc.vn |access-date=10 January 2019 |archive-date=10 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110235037/https://tintuc.vn/nhung-vu-khi-vien-tro-da-ra-tran-cung-qdvn-trong-tran-dien-bien-phu-7732 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Basque Country}} [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]]: Produced unlicensed copies of existing weapons in an underground workshop at [[Mouguerre]] after it was raided by police.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/02/10/paisvasco/1328900209.html |title=Hallan en Francia un viejo arsenal de subfusiles de ETA de los años 70 |trans-title=Found in France an old arsenal of ETA submachine guns from the 70s |first=Ángeles |last=Escrivá |date=10 February 2012 |newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |language=es |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108142028/http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/02/10/paisvasco/1328900209.html |archive-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
* [[File:Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg|22px]] [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://e-archivo.uc3m.es/bitstream/handle/10016/17377/04_conflictos_saharaoccidental_2006.pdf |title=El conflicto del Sahara occidental |trans-title=The Western Sahara conflict |language=es |first1=Ignacio |last1=Fuente Cobo |first2=Fernando M. |last2=Mariño Menéndez |name-list-style=amp |publisher=[[Ministerio de Defensa (España)|Ministerio de Defensa de España]] & [[Charles III University of Madrid|Universidad Carlos III de Madrid]] |year=2006 |page=69 |isbn=84-9781-253-0 |access-date=2018-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616062508/https://e-archivo.uc3m.es/bitstream/handle/10016/17377/04_conflictos_saharaoccidental_2006.pdf |archive-date=2019-06-16 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Mozambique|1974}} [[FRELIMO]]<ref name=angmos>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/modernafricanwar00abbo_283 |title=Modern African Wars (2): Angola and Mozambique 1961&ndash;1974 |last=Abbott |first=Peter |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |location=[[Oxford]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-85045-843-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/modernafricanwar00abbo_283/page/n14 14] |url-access=limited}}</ref>
* [[Séléka]]<ref name="CAR">{{cite news |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/166718/politique/centrafrique-le-soudan-a-t-il-arm-les-ex-s-l-ka/ |title=Centrafrique : le Soudan a-t-il armé les ex-Séléka? |trans-title=Central African Republic: Did Sudan arm the ex-Séléka? |first=Laurent|last=Touchard |date=17 December 2013 |work=[[Jeune Afrique]] |language=fr |access-date=29 January 2019 |archive-date=30 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130111716/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/166718/politique/centrafrique-le-soudan-a-t-il-arm-les-ex-s-l-ka/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|FNL Flag.svg}} [[Viet Cong]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laemlein |first=Tom |date=2021-10-26 |title=Small Arms of the Viet Cong |url=https://www.thearmorylife.com/small-arms-of-the-viet-cong/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Armory Life |language=en-US}}</ref>